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v FISHING FLY BOOK. No. 335,506. Patented Feb. 2, 188.6.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS J. CONROY, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y.

FISHING-FLY BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,506, dated February2, 1886.

Application filed August 26, 1885. Serial No. 175,368.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. CONROY, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fishing-FlyBooks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings.

Fly-books for the use of anglers have of late years been made withleaves provided with retaining hooks or clips at one end and with spiralsprings terminating in a hook at the other end of the page. Thefish-hook forming the foundation of the artificial fiy (to contain andpreserve which latter is the object of the fly-book) is placed upon theretaining-hook attached to the leaf, while aloop inthe gut attached tosaid fly is engaged with the hook which terminates the spiral spring.Thus the gut is kept always straight and ready for immediate use, whileany fly in the book. may be readily removed or replaced withoutdisturbing the others.

Several devices have been used to retain the spiral springs in positionand preserve them from accident, notably a thread passing through thespring, and eye-guides through which the spring itself passes. upon andconsequent more or less speedy failure of the thread is an objection tothe first method, while the second unduly increases the thickness of theleaf and consequently of the book itself. This increase of thickness issome distance from the edge of the leaf to ward the middle, and justwhere lodges the material for repairs, &c., which every angler carriesin the pockets of his fly-book. The consequence is that a thick fly-bookholds but few leaves, and that with an inconvenient bulk but a limitedcarrying capacity is had.

My invention is intended to overcome these objections.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 representsa page of my flybook; Fig. 2, a core with fastening-plate by which thespiral spring is secured to the leaf and by which it is retained inposition; and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a leaf ofmy fiy-book, showing how the said The wear (N0 model.)

core and fastening-plate are arranged with ref erence to the leaf.

In the drawings, A represents aleaf of my fly-book stiffened at theedges by any of the methods now in use, or made of material sufficientlystiff in itself to resist the tension of the springs, hereinafter to bedescribed, without bending.

B B represent a series of retaining-hooks of the ordinary form; C O, aseries of spiral springs, so arranged that each is opposite aretaining-hook, as shown.

D, Figs. 2 and 3, shows two cores of the interior diameter of the spiralsprings, and united in the middle by a flat metal plate, E. The coresneed not exceed one-quarter to onethird of an inch in length. They mayconveniently be made by bending a wire upon itself, as shown in Fig. 3,and arranging the end d as shown, for a purpose hereinafter described.The cores D are applied to the leaf by bending the fiat metalconnectingplate E at its middle over the edge of the leaf, as shown inFig. 3. \Vhile the cores D may be held in place by the pressure of theconnecting-plate E after it is bent, still it is preferred to giveadditional security by the use of a rivet, e, applied as shown in Fig.3. The spiral springs Gare then placed over the cores D, and the end ofthe spring in contact with the cores is hooked over the projection d,Fig. 3, or secured in any similar manner which will admit of the readyremoval of the springs, should it be desired. It will be perceived thatby this method the guide or core is practicably imperishable, while itis quite sufficient to retain in position the short springs used in thisstyle of fly-books; also, that the thickness of the leaf is reduced tothe minimum consistent with the use of the spiral spring. I

My fly-book is used in the same manner as others of its class, and ashereinbefore described.

I am aware of Patent No. 294,888, of 1885, and do not wish to claim theconstruction therein set forth; but

Vhat I do claim as new is The combination, with the springs O andprovement in fishing-fly books as above deleaf A, having hooks B, of themetal coupscribedI have hereunto set my hand this 31st 10 lings securedto the leaf by rivets e, and havday of July, 1885. ing each a flatplate, E, doubled over the v 5 edge of the leaf, and each end doubledupon Q OONBOY itself to form a core, D, with. projection d, asWitnesses: and for the purpose set forth; HENRY P. WELLS,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing im- CHAS. Gt Koss;

